Articles tagged with "prohibition"
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Last Prisoner Project urges NJ governor to free cannabis prisoners
Calvin Stovall - Published on January 12, 2022Read moreWill Governor Murphy step up and stop the suffering caused by the failed War on Drugs?
Delta-8 THC poisonings? The CDC’s warning isn’t what you think
Bruce Barcott - Published on September 22, 2021Read moreCalm down. You’re not poisoned. You’re high. This is what happens when people can’t buy safe, regulated products.
Q&A with Dr. Carl Hart: The future of drugs in America
Danté Jordan - Published on September 15, 2021Read moreDr. Carl Hart, neuroscientist, psychologist, and expert on substance abuse, talks with Leafly’s Danté Jordan about drug prohibition, racism, and responsible adult drug usage.
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Mexico + Clarence Thomas = Weed legalization? Don’t bet on it
Bruce Barcott - Published on July 1, 2021Read moreMexico’s Supreme Court abolished prohibition (again), and one US justice looks like he’d do the same. Here’s what it really means.
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US to ban Backwoods, Swishers, and other flavored blunt wraps
David Downs - Published on April 30, 2021Read moreTwo-thirds of Black cannabis users hit blunts
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Amid legalization, teen hospitalizations for pot down 50%, CDC finds
Ellen Holland - Published on March 30, 2021Read moreThe bulk of legalization research indicates kids are alright.
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Prohibitionists want THC-limit laws. Here’s why patients and consumers are fighting back
Ellen Holland - Published on March 6, 2021Read moreIn Florida and other states, “THC cap” bills are gaining traction—and could force patients into the unsafe illegal market.
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Why weed’s greatest villain hounded Billie Holiday to death
David Bienenstock - Published on March 1, 2021Read moreThe story of Harry Anslinger’s racist harassment of Billie Holiday, one of America’s greatest artists, will break your heart.
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Idaho politicians ready to ‘blow up the state constitution’ to prevent legalization
The Associated Press and Leafly Staff - Published on February 1, 2021Read moreBOISE, Idaho — As legal marijuana becomes a reality in every corner of the US, a cadre of prohibitionists in Idaho is putting up a fight. 72% of Idaho residents support medical marijuana legalization. Lawmakers in Boise are telling them they’re wrong. State lawmakers last week moved forward with a proposed constitutional amendment that would […]
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Dumping Trump is the only way marijuana legalization will happen
Bruce Barcott - Published on October 7, 2020Read moreHe thinks his enemies love it and his friends hate it. Trump can’t even offer compassion to medical patients.
